[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49560-49561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24813]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Execution of Agreements to Install Additional Wind Turbines at 
the Wyoming Windpower Plant

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: BPA has decided to execute one or more agreements with SeaWest 
Corporation, a wind developer, of San Diego, California, to install 
additional turbines at the Wyoming Windpower Plant in Carbon County, 
Wyoming. To acquire the additional output from the turbines, BPA may 
also execute agreements with PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation, and/or 
others for

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interconnection, wheeling, and shaping services. BPA will market the 
electrical output of the turbine additions and expects to execute Power 
Sale Agreements (PSA) with interested customers. This notice announces 
the availability of the ROD to execute these agreements, relying on the 
Kenetech/PacifiCorp Windpower Project Environmental Impact Statement 
(Wind Project EIS) (DOE/EIS-0255 August, 1995). BPA was a cooperating 
agency, with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the lead agency, in 
preparation of the Wind Project EIS. BPA previously adopted the Wind 
Project EIS in a July 1997 ROD that was issued to execute a Power 
Purchase Agreement (PPA) to acquire a 15.32-megawatt (MW) share of 
nominal project capacity from the Wyoming Windpower Plant. This ROD is 
tiered to the July 1997 ROD.

ADDRESSES: Copies of this ROD, the July 1997 ROD, and the Wind Project 
EIS may be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line: 
1-800-622-4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kathy Fisher--ECP, Environmental 
Project Lead, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, 
Oregon, 97208-3621, phone number (503) 230-4375, fax number (503) 230-
5699.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 1, 1998.
Jack Robertson,
Acting Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24813 Filed 9-15-98; 8:45 am]
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